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The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
Ramesses II (1303–1213 BC) – Egyptian Pharaoh who, as a young man, fought many battles with the Hittites and Shardana pirates and died aged 90.; Aristodemus of Sparta (c. 530–479 BC) – The "Coward of Thermopylae", who was the only Spartan to survive the Battle of Thermopylae.
Less than 1% of the 16.4 million Americans who served in the armed forces during World War II were still alive at the end of last year, and 131 are dying every day, according to estimates from the ...
Interestingly enough, while the number of veterans (the Department of Veterans Affairs reported in 2022 there were about 200,000 World War II veterans still alive) declines on a daily basis, the ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs estimated there will only be 168,278 living U.S. World War II veterans by Sept. 30. There were 5.7 million in 2000.
American Air Force officer and World War II flying ace [4] Kurt Andersen: 1898–2003: 104: German Luftwaffe general [5] Walter Stratton Anderson: 1881–1981: 100: American vice admiral of the Navy [6] Stuart Archer: 1915–2015: 100: British Army officer; recipient of the George Cross [7] Millie Bailey: 1918–2022: 104: American World War II ...
Longtime Framingham resident Arthur Butler, 100, has been a veteran so long that he predates Veterans day. 100-year-old World War II veteran alive longer than Veterans Day's been a federal holiday ...